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GO KwaDukuza SAPS Station Commander Brigadier Bongiwe Sithole.
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WAZULU-NATAL SAPS Provincial Commissioner Lieutenant General Mmamonnye Ngobeni has directed KwaDukuza cluster commander Brigadier Derek Captain-Hastibeer to launch a full-scale investigation into allegations of poor management by the KwaDukuza SAPS Station Commander Brigadier Bongiwe Sithole for alleged poor service delivery, corruption, extortion and nepotism at KwaDukuza SAPS. Captain-Hastibeer is also tasked with ensuring that appropriate action be taken should he find any evidence of misconduct or poor performance. Stanger Weekly has been inundated with calls from the community, victims of crime and seasoned police officers, regarding Sithole, poor service delivery, corruption and extortion. KZN Community Against Crime chairperson Isaac Gumede, a well known crime fighter in the Ntshawini area, has been calling for the removal of the station commander for over a year. “Everyone in KwaDukuza is aware of the poor service delivery, corruption, extortion and drinking on duty at the station. I have been working closely with the SAPS for the past 16 years and since the appointment of Sithole as station commander, the station has collapsed. “We have had numerous experiences with the SAPS. After we arrest criminals, we have to wait more than 10 minutes for someone to answer the phone and another two hours for a bakkie to pick up the criminal. “We are now tired of poor service delivery. We want Sithole removed and replaced with someone competent, not someone who has connections on the top,” said Gumede. Gumede said his team complained on several occasions to the office of the provincial commissioner about Sithole’s incompetence in running KwaDukuzaSAPS,theescalatingcrimerate,corruption,extor-
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tion and drinking on duty. “Drinking on duty is at an all time high. It is a well known fact that the two police officers, who were shot and killed recently, were all under the influence of alcohol. Last year, the same officer arrested for the murder, assaulted his duty officer while under the influence of alcohol. In another incident, the same officer pulled a firearm on a colonel and a captain who received information that the officer was drunk on duty. Sithole was made aware of all this, but nothing was done.” According to community activist S Pillay policing in KwaDukuza has ground to a halt as criminals enjoy unhindered attacks on innocent civilians in a town. “Morale at the KwaDukuza SAPS is at an all timelowasrenewedcallsarebeingmadeforthe‘frequently absent’ station commander’s head to roll,” said Pillay. “The station is completely finished. There is no command and control at the station, thus resulting in no service delivery.” Last Thursday, KwaDukuza Deputy Mayor Dolly Govender was a victim of crime when she had her gold chain ripped off her neck. “When I went to the station to report the incident, I was treated as a criminal. The service delivery is poor at the station,” said the deputy mayor. KwaDukuza resident, R Rampursad experienced first hand the bad service delivery by police officers and Sithole’s personal assistant on 26 February when she was assaulted and had her gold chain pulled from her neck at the Madressa Arcade. “The suspect was arrested by shoppers and handed to K9 Security officers who handed him to the KwaDukuza SAPS. When my sister and I went to the station I asked the suspect for my chain. He told the officers that if they took him to the taxi rank, he would get the chain and return it to me. The officers dragged their feet and after about two hours, the officers took the suspect to the rank.” CONTINUED ON PAGE 4
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